Combination Will Create Industry’s Leading Advanced Probe Card Supplier

LIVERMORE, Calif. — September 3, 2012 — FormFactor, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORM) today announced that it has signed a merger agreement with Astria Semiconductor Holdings, Inc., the parent company of MicroProbe, Inc., a leading provider of advanced SOC wafer test solutions. Under the terms of the merger agreement, FormFactor will acquire MicroProbe for $100 million in cash and $16.8 million in stock, subject to customary adjustments. The merger is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in the first half of FormFactor’s fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2012.

Headquartered in California, MicroProbe generated $87.3 million in revenue in its fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, growing 46% year-over-year and delivering a non-GAAP EBITDA margin of approximately 20%. MicroProbe and its affiliated companies have approximately 360 employees worldwide.

After the merger the combined company expects to realize the following significant benefits:

  •   FormFactor will be the industry leading supplier to the high growth advanced SOC probe card market;
  •   Improved and immediately accretive financial performance beginning in the first quarter of 2013;
  •   Technology leadership across the Memory and SOC advanced probe card markets.

    “This merger is a transformational event for FormFactor and I look forward to working with Mike Slessor and the MicroProbe team to create the leading probe card company in the semiconductor industry,” said Tom St. Dennis, CEO of FormFactor. “FormFactor and MicroProbe customers will benefit since the combined company will have the technology and resources to address semiconductor test requirements across the entire advanced probe card space.”

    “I’m very excited about the combination of MicroProbe and FormFactor” said Mike Slessor, Chief Executive Officer of MicroProbe. “This merger enables our world-class teams to accelerate innovation in wafer test across our customer base and provides compelling opportunities for our combined employees.”

    “I am delighted to welcome the MicroProbe team and their outstanding technology to FormFactor.” said Carl Everett, Chairman of the Board of FormFactor. “Together, we are in position to focus on delivering leading wafer probe solutions to meet the needs and roadmaps of logic and memory semiconductor device manufacturers.”

Post-closing, Mike Slessor will become a senior vice president and executive officer of the combined companies.

FormFactor, Inc. will conduct a conference call to discuss this transaction on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 6:00 am PDT. The public is invited to listen to a live web cast of FormFactor’s conference call on the Investors section of the company’s website at www.formfactor.com. An audio replay of the conference call will also be made available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available until September 06, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. PDT, and can be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 (domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (international) and entering confirmation code 26434718.

The company has also posted a presentation reflecting this transaction on the Investors section of its website at www.formfactor.com